Light
There is but one complete light that we call white light, and this light contains three distinct but not separate primary colors, red, green and blue.
Sun
Light, heat and motion.
Aquarium
An aquarium represents the universe. God is is like a person tending the aquarium. The person, too large to fit inside can put his hand into the water. The fish will see the hand in one place in the water. The person can also put his face into the water, and the fish will see the face in a different place. The fish will think the hand and the face are two different beings. The fish will also see the movement of a larger being outside the walls of the aquarium that brings food and spreads it on the water. The fish, from their perspective, would perceive three different beings, yet these "three beings" are manifestations of only one.
Egg
Three distinct parts: shell, yolk and albumen.
Three Leaf Clover
There are three leaves that are unique and distinct while the three still make up one clover.
Mind
Intellect, memory and will.
Water
Water can exist in 3 phases, solid, liquid and steam.
Ice is water. Steam is water. Just like God in 3 phases: The Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Equilateral triangle
This type of triangle has three equal angles and sides. If you take one angle away then you do not have a triangle.
Matches
Three matches held together and burning. One flame, however there are three distinct parts to the flame.
Rope
A rope with three strands, yet one rope.
Tree
Branches, leaves and roots.
Man
As a man might be a father, son and husband.
Family
A family is made up of more than one member, a father, mother and son. Yet the family is one family and not three families, the same with the Trinity.
Butterfly
Egg, larva and butterfly.
Multiple Pesonality Disorder
As a single human being can have multiple personalities, so too a single God can exist in three persons.
Plant
Seed, stem and flower.
Speech
A word, does not exist without a speaker, and one cannot be a speaker without a breath.
Cube
God is three persons as a cube is six squares.
Time
Past, present and future.
Space
There are three attributes, height, width and depth.
Human being
Body, mind and spirit.
Analogies
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3 comments:
Pretty sad that Inspirated Scripture can't satisfy the bill to define the nature of the Supreme and His Christ..........
Tell me why The God and Father of our Lord Jesus has a god; where is it that the Father has or proceeds from God? There is One God - and One Lord, Who is His Image. Analogies to prove a dogma prove too much that they are shallow attempts to avoid the lack of real substance. mainly the scriptures do not use this language. You bring up the Muslims's questions. How about telling me how the Jews would take Deut.^.4? Why the insistence on One God? Please freely explain
here's an interesting analogy from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity#Logical_incoherency
God is seen like a person tending an aquarium which represents the entire universe. Too large to fit inside the aquarium, a man can slide his hand inside the aquarium. The fish will see a hand in one place in the water. The man can also put his face into the water, and the fish will see a face in an entirely different place. The fish will think the hand and the face are two entirely different beings, which look nothing like each other. The fish may also become dimly aware that outside the aquarium a larger being tends to their needs, spreading food in the water regularly. Thus intelligent fish would perceive three different beings from their perspective – even though in fact these three manifestations come from one, single being beyond their comprehension.
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